나오다

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to come out, to appear

🐣 나오다 = 나 (out, from 나다) + 오다 (to come): come out

A compound of 나다 (to emerge) and 오다 (to come), so it literally means to emerge and come toward the speaker. Its mirror is 나가다, built with 가다 (to go): to go out, away from the speaker.

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